The Lincoln Model

Don't forget the President is still following the script from Doris Kearns-Goodwin's A Team of Rivals,
along with all his other readings on Lincoln. President Lincoln
calmly, deliberately, and with a lot of mistakes and few successes for
several years led us to victory in the Civil War. Oftentimes he was at
odds with his own party, at least the "Radical Republican" wing.
Lincoln, and much of the North, even believed he would lose the
election for a second term until Sherman took Atlanta. That's the model
Obama is following with regard to the Republican insurgency, slow,
steady, smart, and ultimately, successful (we still hope).

Trust me. I have not forgotten. It informs every judgment I make on the guy. I remain absolutely convinced we are beyond lucky to have him st thi moment in history - and he deserves far more grass-roots support from his supporters than he's currently getting.

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